Exploring Topographic Maps
A Grade 5 social studies worksheet focusing on understanding and interpreting topographic maps, including contour lines, elevation, and landforms.
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Exploring Topographic Maps
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of topographic maps.
1. What do contour lines on a topographic map represent?
Roads and highways
Areas of equal elevation
Types of vegetation
Water bodies
2. If contour lines are very close together, what does that tell you about the land?
The land is flat
The land is very steep
There is a river nearby
It is a desert
3. The difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines is called the .
4. A topographic map uses lines to show the and shape of the land.
5. All points on a single contour line have the same elevation.
True
False
6. Topographic maps are only useful for hikers and mountaineers.
True
False
7. Imagine you are looking at a topographic map. How would you identify a hill or a mountain?
8. Look at the image below. Which of the following best describes the landform shown?
A flat plain
A steep hill or mountain
A valley with a river
An ocean trench